Chapter 140: Sharp Thread

The people in the carriage, who were nervously observing the battlefield, only felt a blur before their eyes. A black shadow had appeared inside the carriage like the Grim Reaper.

The enforcer at the very front had his pupils shrink. Before he could react, a metal control lever smashed into his forehead. Under the terrifying force, his skull exploded on the spot, and crimson blood and white matter splattered across half the carriage!

This scene terrified the surrounding enforcers. They screamed in horror; one group, driven by fear, jumped out the windows to escape the carriage, while the other group gritted their teeth and reached for the guns at their waists.

However, before they could draw their guns, a control lever whistled through the air, pinning an enforcer to the inner wall of the carriage on the spot!

“Stop!!”

Almost simultaneously, a blur rushed in from outside the carriage. Xi Renjie’s skin was covered in a layer of hard black, and he punched toward Chen Ling’s chest!

Chen Ling didn’t dodge at all, letting Xi Renjie’s punch land on his chest. His entire body was slammed against the inner wall of the carriage like a cannonball. The terrifying force pierced through his body, leaving a dent in the side of the carriage.

Blood slid from the corner of Chen Ling’s mouth. Several of his ribs were clearly broken. He squinted at Xi Renjie, who was inches away, his crimson mouth curling slightly:

“Too weak, Officer Xi.”

Xi Renjie was stunned. Before he could react, a massive force erupted from Chen Ling’s chest, shaking him away in an instant. The next moment, a whistling fist smashed into his face!

*Boom—!!*

Xi Renjie was sent flying by this punch, crashing out of the carriage like a kite with a broken string. The residual force of the punch blew the hair of those nearby. The force contained in this punch was at least three times that of Xi Renjie’s previous one!

Chen Ling flexed his shoulders, and the collapsed ribs on his chest healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. His eyes, like those of the Grim Reaper, slowly swept across the carriage...

The remaining enforcers were stunned. They had thought that Xi Renjie, a Tier 2 Enforcement Officer, would overwhelmingly defeat Chen Ling, after all, Chen Ling was just a newcomer who hadn’t been back from the Ancient Treasury of the Soldier Path for long... But Chen Ling’s casual punch shattered their illusions.

The enforcers in the carriage were terrified to the point of goosebumps. They all raised their guns at Chen Ling at once, but before they could pull the triggers, the guns in their hands turned into bananas on the spot.

Everyone stood frozen.

Before they could react to what had happened, the black shadow flashed among them. The cold glint of a dagger swept in a light arc, and six heads were tossed high into the air simultaneously...

They widened their eyes, their pupils filled with terror and astonishment. In a dizzying spin, they saw their own blood gradually staining that black trench coat, as if their lives were being contributed as crimson colors to dye the man’s clothes.

Chen Ling held the knife in one hand. After instantly killing the six closest to him, only three enforcers remained in the carriage, cowering in the corner and trembling as they held their guns.

Seeing Chen Ling’s gaze turn toward them, the three enforcers were terrified to the point of suffocation. They shouted and closed their eyes, pulling their triggers frantically!

*Bang bang bang bang—!*

This time, the guns in their hands didn’t turn into bananas. As the gunshots rang out, they slowly opened their eyes...

The black figure had already circled to their side. The coat stained with blood was shocking. He picked up a gun from the ground and said slowly:

“Your marksmanship is much worse than when you were shooting civilians... What? Don’t you know where to aim?”

Under the terrified gazes of the three, Chen Ling raised the muzzle unhurriedly, aiming it at his own spleen.

“Watch closely, I’ll only demonstrate this once.”

*Bang bang bang—!*

Three consecutive shots rang out. The bullets pierced through Chen Ling’s body, and warm blood splattered onto the faces of the three, like red ink stains on pale paper.

They stared blankly at Chen Ling, who was self-mutilating with a gun, completely dumbfounded. That crimson mouth, half-smiling, was branded into their minds like a demon. One of them rolled his eyes back and fainted on the spot from fear!

“Now, it’s your turn.”

Chen Ling turned the muzzle and was about to act when a black thread flew in from afar in an instant. His pupils shifted, and he retreated without hesitation!

*Boom—!!*

The black thread was like a sharp, peerless sword, cutting the carriage in half directly, missing Chen Ling’s head by a hair’s breadth.

As the carriage separated along the smooth cut, Chen Ling felt his center of gravity shift, and everything began to slide along the tilted floor. He turned to look out the window on the other side, and a black-clad figure rushed in like a meteor, sword in hand!

At the tip of the steel sword, an imperceptible black thread fluttered in the wind, and a cold, murderous aura raged out.

Seeing this, Chen Ling didn’t panic. He first shot and killed the three enforcers with three shots, then leaned back and jumped out of the carriage, falling toward the snowy wasteland.

“Chen Ling, your [Blood Garment] is indeed troublesome, but one decapitation strike is all it takes to ensure death.” Xi Renjie said hoarsely.

“And the [Sharp Thread] of the Tier 2 [Sky Wolf] path can condense the sharpness of any weapon into an extremely thin line, possessing extraordinary cutting ability. It is your natural enemy!”

Xi Renjie’s face was covered in blood. If he hadn’t covered his head with [Iron Garment] just now, he would have been killed by Chen Ling’s punch. But even so, his head was still buzzing.

“Is that so?” Chen Ling said faintly. “But first, you have to be able to hit me.”

The black thread danced wildly in the air like a long whip as Xi Renjie swung his sword. Hideous cracks were cut into the earth. The figure in the crimson coat moved through them with incredible agility. No matter how the black thread was swung, it couldn’t hurt him in the slightest.

Chen Ling’s gaze swept across the surroundings, instantly locking onto several enforcers fleeing along the tracks, and his figure turned into a blood shadow and rushed out.

Xi Renjie’s heart sank, and he gritted his teeth and chased after him rapidly!

But his speed was still far behind the [Blood Garment] in its severely injured state. In just a few seconds, Chen Ling had pulled away, which meant he could only watch helplessly as Chen Ling rushed into the crowd, slaughtered five people in an instant, and turned to chase another group of enforcers.

Seeing this, Xi Renjie was incredibly anxious. He quickly changed direction, trying to intercept Chen Ling in the middle. The black thread lingering on his sword swept across the earth with his strikes, each move aiming for a vital point!

But before the black thread could touch Chen Ling, Xi Renjie felt his hand go light. He looked down, and his mind went blank instantly.

At some point, the steel sword in his hand had disappeared, replaced by a blood-stained train control lever.

The next moment, a blood-clad figure holding a steel sword flashed in front of him!

“Officer Xi.” Chen Ling’s voice sounded as if it came from the underworld.

“Have I... given you too much face?”